Wednesday Hodge Podge

Hosted by Joyce!

1. What's something you resolved to do this year? Have you done it? Late last year I  accidently tore both meniscuses   and  went to therapy,  then it was Christmas and  I got so caught up in feeling better and  doing  things-  especially visiting our  daughter and the kids  that I failed to keep up with my exercises.  Lo and behold,   during my visit my left knee went out big time and I could barely walk. So as I  entered 2020  I was  still  trying to get going again.  I ,finally,  was cleared for more therapy  the first of Feb  and, lo and behold, I developed shingles and had another 6 weeks  to wait for therapy.  Then with only a few  sessions left. this virus disrupted  my  attempt to get  over my leg problems..  I am still working on that resolution to get  back into good walking shape, so I have  kept up with  the exercises,  but  I still have a ways to go!  So far 2020  hasn't been my favorite year. and  I thought I was dreading it because it is my 70ith year!  Well, that is coming up  pretty soon.  I am declaring  it will be a good turning point for me!!

2. Where do you go to find quietude?
I used to love to  take  spiritual retreats.. I would  rent a plae in the mountains by a mountain stream,  or  a condo at the lake..  It seems that  water is a spiritual thing for me.. something  between Jesus and me!

3. A friend asked this question on her Facebook page and said I could borrow it for the Hodgepodge...you're only allowed to buy 5 things at the grocery store, and all must start with the first letter of your first name. Whatcha' buying?  chocolate, dried cherries, chicken, carrots, cashew butter

4. The television show Survivor, the Gloria Gaynor song 'I Will Survive', survival mode, survival of the fittest...pick one and discuss.I suppose survival mode..   because I really do not relate to any of those others!   I think  this has been a time of  digging into  the depths of  ourselves  toward  survival mode.  I have done a bit of thinking  lately,  like, what if  we do  sink into a deep depression... I remember the stories of my mom and grandmothers.  They all lived on   big farms and still suffered  the effects of the depression..  Then I think  we  are completely  unable here to   grow enough food for our sustanence.  I think about our location here,  not that  it is an unsafe neighborhood  but  survival mode  also  can criminalize many to take anything for their own survival.  Which  then makes ke think  how would we protect  anything we tried to grow for ourselves.  It is at that point that I just start praying 'Come Lord Jesus!'

5. Share a favorite quote or saying about strength.
Psalm 46

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations he has brought on the earth.

He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire.

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah